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Patent GB-2212553-A (GB)
Title: Lashing anchorages
Inventor: BLIAULT CHARLES HENRY
IPC: F16G11/04
Filed: 1988-11-17
Abstract: The anchorage for flexible lashings (wire, rope) to secure ship-borne cargoes has an inner part 10 with convergent sides 12A, 12B and peripheral grooving 14, and an outer part 20 with grooving 24A, 24B in sides 22A, 22B, 23A, 23B; the lashing 30 has different parts of its circumference received in groovings 14, 24A, 24B and is sandwiched between the parts 10, 20 when the inner part 10 is drawn under load into wedged sandwiching relationship, with the lashing 30 against outer part 20. Details of this operation are specified. Inner part 10 may be brass, aluminium, mouldable synthetic plastics material etc. The two parts may be linked by e.g. keys and keyways, rivets and slots etc and in the embodiment of Figures 6 - 6D the inner part (510) has an elongated aperture (516) captive by e.g. a headed bolt on the outer part (520). Figure 5 illustrates anchorage devices welded onto eyes of turnbuckle tightening devices 42. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220592-A (GB)
Title: Separating soil from root crops
Inventor: NORLYK JOHANNES RICHARD
IPC: A01D33/10
Filed: 1989-05-26
Abstract: By letting root crops such as beets (1) roll on top of a support surface (7) which is moved sideways below the beets (3, 4) the soil (11) which sticks to the lifted beets will be loosened from the beets. The support surface (7) consists of bars (8) which have crop carriers in the form of projections (16), which bars (8) are arranged between flexible toothed belts (12) so that the bars (8) are parallel. The soil (11) will be able to fall down between the bars (8) and back onto the field. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2224243-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing decorative articles
Inventor: COWAN DAVID MARK
IPC: B44C3/00
Filed: 1989-10-23
Abstract: A method of manufacturing decorative articles in which a plastic material is applied to the surface of a solid material. The plastic material adheres to the solid material and is then allowed or caused to harden. It is such that as it does so it contracts thereby fracturing the surface of the solid material. The set plastic material is then removed to reveal the fractured surface. The effect may be enhanced by the addition of further layers to the surface of the solid material.
Patent GB-2229222-A (GB)
Title: A combination of a fixed frame and a movable shutter pivotally mounted therein
Inventor: BURNS ALFRED PHILLIP
IPC: E05D1/06
Filed: 1989-12-06
Abstract: A lid or shutter 7 is hinged to a fixed frame 1, e.g. in an outlet box for underfloor electrical facilities, by hinge arrangements each including a longitudinally extending slot 12 in the frame 1 and a shaped cam member 9 integral with the lid 7 and engaging in the slot in the frame. A curved cam face 10 of each cam member 9 engages one end 17 of the associated slot 12 such that the pivotal axis 18 of the lid 7 is permitted to move between a first position at a minimum spacing from the rear wall 5 of the frame 1 when the lid is closed and a second position at a maximum spacing from the rear wall when the lid is open. Such movement of the pivotal axis reduces the risk that the lid 7 will foul the frame as the lid moves from the closed to the open position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240967-A (GB)
Title: Golf ball carrier
Inventor: BONNETT WALTER EDWARD
IPC: A63B55/60
Filed: 1990-02-13
Abstract: A golf ball carrier comprises a cup 11 sized to receive a golf ball and a clip 12 adapted to fit onto the framework of a golf trolley 14 on a pivot to normally hang vertically. The cup has finger access to the golf ball. There is a drainage hole in the base of cup. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242984-A (GB)
Title: Temperature compensated power detector circuit
Inventor: HOLCOMB DON REGINALD
IPC: G01R21/10
Filed: 1990-04-11
Abstract: A temperature compensated radio frequency power detector circuit (10) utilizes a temperature compensating diode (62) connected to an inverting input of an amplifier (46) to enable the amplifier to substantially cancel out undesirable temperature effects caused by a power level detector diode (22) coupled to the non-inverting input of the amplifier. As a result, the amplifier output voltage tends to remain constant over temperature in response to a fixed power level being applied (12, 14) to the detector. A lookup table is utilized to determine the power level corresponding to a power detector output voltage of a particular magnitude. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243579-A (GB)
Title: Distributing wear of ink ribbons by transverse oscillations
Inventor: JOYCE MARTIN JOHN
IPC: B41J35/14
Filed: 1990-04-12
Abstract: A ribbon transport mechanism includes a printing position and a ribbon guide (13) arranged and adapted to impart to a ribbon (9) a lateral snaking or serpentine movement as the ribbon (9) moves longitudinally. The arrangement is such that, in successive passes of the ribbon (9) through the printing position, different regions of the ribbon width will be presented to the printing means (12). As described, the mechanism for imparting the oscillations is a roller (13) mounted on the ribbon cartridge; which roller has its rotation axis showed with respect to its cylindrical axis so that it wobbles. Preferably the ink ribbon is a multicolour ribbon having a plurality of side by side stripes of different colour, and the recording instrument with which it cooperates is a chart recorder. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243973-A (GB)
Title: Data network interface
Inventor: SORENSEN LARS STIG
IPC: H04M3/00
Filed: 1990-05-12
Abstract: This invention relates to an interface for interfacing between two different types of network, such as a GSM cellular radio network and an integrated services digital network (ISDN). The interface communicates between first (B1, B2) and second (Bm) data channels and first (D) and second (Dm) control channels. It comprises: means for mapping control information between the first and second control channels; means for mapping data, in a first state of operation, between the first and second data channels under the control of control information on the control channels; and means for mapping data, in a second state of operation, between the first control channel (D) and the second data channel (Bm) under the control of control information on the control channel.
Patent GB-2238509-A (GB)
Title: Thermal printer having the printhead traversed across a flat-bed platen
Inventor: KIM JONG-WOO
IPC: B41J11/08
Filed: 1990-09-14
Abstract: A printer for a video is disclosed, the printer comprising a flat-bed platen 1, upon which paper 9 is clamped, by means of paper holders 2. A colour sheet 8 is disposed between the paper 9 and a printing head 3, which printing head 3 is mounted on a bracket 7 which includes a follower 6 arranged to travel on a closed loop guide path 5. In use, when the follower 6 is between positions B and C on the guide path surface 5, the head 3 may cause colour to be transferred from the ribbon 8 to the paper 9, in response to a printing signal. The head 3 is raised from the paper when the follower is in either of positions A or D. The follower 6 may follow path B to C or C to B a number of times so that, in each pass a different colour may be transferred to the paper and a coloured image may thereby be printed.   An arrangement (2) for clamping the paper during printing is described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244534-A (GB)
Title: Guide apparatus of cam ring
Inventor: NOMURA HIROSHI
IPC: F16H25/18
Filed: 1990-12-28
Abstract: In a guide apparatus for example a lens guide wherein a rotatable cam ring 13 has inner cam grooves 17 in which cam pins 26 which are provided on a movable member 21 project in radial directions of the cam ring, the movable member is provided with cam pin supporting holes 30 in which the cam pins are radially movably held and carries leaf springs 33 which engage and elastically deflect the cam pins in the radial and outward direction. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242414-A (GB)
Title: "Passbook or the like handling apparatus and method"
Inventor: TANAKA HIDEYO
IPC: G07F19/00
Filed: 1991-02-28
Abstract: The present invention relates to a passbook, slip, form or the like handling apparatus disposed at a window of a banking organ and its method. In accordance with the present invention, passbooks inserted through a slit 1 are processed by a magnetic data read/write mechanism 2 and a printing head 4 in preference to passbooks already stored in the apparatus for updating, the latter being fed into the processing section from piles 60, 6-a, 6-b, 6-c, only when no passbook fed via the slit is present. Processing of any passbooks already fed into the processing section from the store is temporarily interrupted whenever a passbook is inserted through the slit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254552-A (GB)
Title: Oil well fire extinguisher
Inventor: PRICE JOHN HENRY
IPC: E21B33/02
Filed: 1991-04-08
Abstract: An extinguisher made up of six sections is placed over an in-shore burning well-head. The flame is starved of air at the tapered base section (1), pushed through the second section (2) which houses an oil flow direction valve, through the third section (3), into the fourth section (4) which has a tapered funnel and gives directional value to the oil, through the fifth section (5) which has air inlets and into the top section (6) which has a flame nozzle. Once the flame is at the top the lower sections are shielded from the heat of the flame by a heat deflector and cool sufficiently to prevent re-ignition. The valve in the section is then operated by a ram in the discharge pipe to divert the oil from the extinguisher, thereby starving the flame at the top of fuel and extinguishing it. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247527-A (GB)
Title: Marine seismic streamer
Inventor: WASON CAMERON B
IPC: G01V1/20
Filed: 1991-07-16
Abstract: A marine seismic streamer 18 includes one or more isolation modules 18b; 18d connected between the active section 18c and the lead-in 18a, and between the active section 18c and tailbuoy 19, for "tuning" the streamer to attenuate higher translational frequencies passing through those modules and, thereby, preventing them from being transmitted to the sensors of the active section. These modules include one or more fluid-mechanical elements, such as stretch sections, weights, springs, dampers and/or drag elements, selected according to the translational admittance of the active section and tailbuoy in the water and arranged to form the fluid-mechanical equivalent of an electrical low-pass filter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-913423-A (GB)
IPC: D02G1/06
Abstract: 913,423. Bearings; lubricators. UNIVERSAL WINDING CO. June 15, 1959 [June 16, 1958], No. 20336/59. Classes 12 (1) and 12 (3). [Also in Groups IX and XXIV] A high-speed spindle assembly for false twisting yarn for example, has a blade 12 having an axial passage 50 through which a moving strand of the yarn passes, a surface 54 engaged by a belt or a driving disc, a looped wire 100 carried by the blade to engage and rotate the strand, spaced bearings 16 for the blade having at least two bearing surfaces formed of hard material 70 engaging the blade and a housing 14 for supporting the bearings. The housing 14 is a C-shaped block having a back portion 18 and a pair of legs 20a, 20b having bores 22a, 22b therein. The bearings, one of which is received by the bores 22a, 22b consist of a porous member 24 held in position by splitretaining rings 26 and dished-retaining rings 30, sealing washers 28, 32 also being provided. Each member 24 has a bore which receives the reduced portion 42 of the blade 12 and a flare of the bore engages a complementary portion 56 of the blade to take the axial thrust. Slots 46 extend radially from the bore 42 and are arranged at 90 degrees to each other and at 135 degrees from the axis of a positioning pin 38 which, passing through a hole 36 in the leg 20b, engages a recess 40 in the member 24. A thin metal plate 48 and the hard segment 70 are positioned in each slot 46. The segment 70 has flat faces 74, 72 engaging the blade faces 56, 42 and has a curved face 76 engaging the metal plate 48. The curved face 76 facilitates alignment and the plate 48 distributes the load over the bottom of the slot 46. A belt 86, engaging the surface 54 of the blade, takes up the radial play in the bearing so that the blade is supported by the two pairs of segments 70. The bearings are lubricated by oil-absorbent felt contained in reservoirs 92 in the back portion 18 of the housing 14, communication being by means of an annular recess 90 which also contains felt, so that oil percolates through the porous member 24. The spindle assembly is mounted on a swing-plate 126 and is held thereto by a retaining ring 132 engaging an annular recess 133 of the housing 14. In a modification the segments 70 are replaced by balls 242, Figs. 17 and 18, and in another modification the segments 70 are arranged at the same end of the spindle blade. In use a number of spindles may be driven directly by a main belt or by subsidiary belts driven by the main belt; alternatively, discs may drive the spindle blades. Various methods of mounting, such as a swing assembly to support the spindle assembly for pivotal movement toward and away from the driving belt, are described in the Specification.
Patent GB-2252998-A (GB)
Title: Frame corner joint connector
Inventor: TOMLIN TREVOR VELLA
IPC: E06B3/972
Filed: 1992-01-10
Abstract: A connecting device, especially for connecting metal extrusions in the assembly of window frames, has two pivotally connected parts each including a core (12) surrounded by an expandable sleeve (20), a wedge (24) and a bolt (18) for driving the wedge into the sleeve for expanding the sleeve to grip the extrusion. The core and sleeve of at least one part of the device are telescoped so that further tightening of the bolt, after expansion of the sleeve, draws the core into the sleeve and pulls the frame extrusions into firm abutment. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260366-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine piston valve gear
Inventor: MILLS SUSAN MARGARET
IPC: F01L5/04
Filed: 1992-02-17
Abstract: Combustion chamber exhaust and inlet ports 11, 19 are control lad by respective valve pistons 8, 14. The piston 14 may act as a charge pump during movement to open the port 19. The valve pistons may be circular or oval and the engine may be turbocharged. The counterweight 23 may act as a charge pump. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253131-A (GB)
Title: Diaper of the briefs type
Inventor: WATANABE HISANORI
IPC: A61F13/72
Filed: 1992-02-19
Abstract: A diaper includes an absorbent body 3 and a water impermeable outermost layer 2 to which the absorbent body is fastened and which holds the absorbent body against the body of the user. The absorbent body comprises a liquid impermeable outer sheet (16, Fig. 3), a liquid permeable inner sheet (15) and an absorbent member (17) therebetween. The outermost layer 2 has front and rear portions whose edges (8, 9, Fig. 2) are connected together, e.g. by welding, so that it is in the form of a pair of briefs with a waist opening 11 and two leg openings 7. The outermost layer 2 carries at least one expansible elastic member 12, 13 around the waist opening and the leg openings which form gathers around those openings. The absorbent body 3 may be removably fastened to outermost layer 2, e.g. by peelable adhesive connections (A). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255637-A (GB)
Title: Separation method for use in immunoassay
Inventor: ABUKNESHA RAMADAN ARBI
IPC: G01N27/327
Filed: 1992-03-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation method which finds an application in the detection of species (e.g. in immunoassay and in immunosensors), to a method suitable for use in detection, to a sensor and to a test-kit. The invention provides a separation method, suitable for use in an immunoassay method for the detection of an analyte species, which separation method includes the use of an auxiliary species, said auxiliary species being provided  on a support material, and the use of a binding species capable of binding with the auxiliary species, said binding species being capable of being linked with a primary species by means of a linkage which involves a link, of a non-specific binding type, to the binding species. The invention also provides a method suitable for use in detection and a sensor. The auxiliary species may be, for example, an antigenic ligand, or a non-antigenic ligand.
Patent GB-2267606-A (GB)
Title: Electrical contact.
Inventor: MEAD DAVID EDWARD
IPC: H01R4/48
Filed: 1992-05-28
Abstract: A method of making an electrical connection between a cable and a spring contact, employs a cable terminal made from sheet metal. The terminal has a cable-connection tab 2, the wings of which are folded and crimped to the cable end, joined by a shank 3 to a head portion 4 which is folded and joggled out of its plane to form a shoulder extending beyond the shank on all of the faces of the head. The head prevents the cable terminal from being easily withdrawn when inserted into a spring contact (8). The shank (3) may be tapered. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258204-A (GB)
Title: Transport apparatus/method.
Inventor: INCH JOHN DAVID
IPC: B65G25/06
Filed: 1992-07-30
Abstract: The apparatus includes a flexible container element 10 to be hauled along a track by a rope 12 extending round driven roller 14, constricting means for causing the container element to trough for loading of material batch (e.g. rocks) and a return roller (16, Figure 2) for causing the container element 10 to discharge its material as it is brought to a flat or substantially flat condition. As shown, the track comprises support frames 20 comprising horizontal rollers 22, and laterally disposed roller 24 adjustable to achieve required troughing. There may be other rollers 33, 34 or slide surfaces to achieve control. Figure 3 shows details of frames 20 which can be dismantled and assembled quickly. Rollers 24 may be flanged (Figure 4). Further modifications are disclosed e.g. containers may be of synthetic plastics reinforced by metal strip/rod or with metal chain end portions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to rotatable joints for communication lines
Inventor: WILTON PAUL MILES
IPC: H04B10/00
Filed: 1992-09-12
Abstract: A system of communication across a rotatable joint comprising discriminating between channels by means of a combination of wavelength division multiplexing at 26, 26' and optical polarization multiplexing using phase compensated quarter wave plates 25, 25', 28, 28', or alternatively achromatic quarter wave plates to effect conversion of respective orthogonally polarized signals to circularly polarized signals, which circularly polarized signals are arranged to traverse a boundary 29 between relatively rotatable parts and using similar plates to effect re-conversion of the respective circularly polarized signals back to orthogonally polarized signals. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261836-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic tool
Inventor: SPEDALUZZI GUERRINO
IPC: B25D9/00
Filed: 1992-11-26
Abstract: A pneumatic tool, in particular a screwing tool, drill, etc, has a barrel portion 10 and a handle 11 which are inclined relative to each other such that the respective longitudinal axes form an internal angle of less than 90 DEG  and the actuating button 16 is disposed in the vicinity of the free end of the handle. The configuration is advantageous from the ergonomic point of view. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261997-A (GB)
Title: Antennas
Inventor: GANESHMOORTHY KANDIAH
IPC: H01Q9/26
Filed: 1993-01-28
Abstract: An omnidirectional antenna has central column (1) encircled by a cage having two axially spaced loops (2) interconnected by bars (3, 4), all these elements being conductive but some bars (3) being electrically divided, usually at the mid-point. The cage is supported by radial arms (5, 6) from the column (1) and the signal feed can be supported along some of those arms (5) to baluns (7) at the electrical divisions. The arrangement is generally symmetrical about the column (1) and the signal feed via the arms (5) can be co-phased for an omnidirectional radiation characteristic or by phase shifting and possibly amplitude weighting for a directional radiation characteristic. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274998-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for playing a game
Inventor: WONG SAMSON KING-FAI
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1993-02-15
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a board 10 having a plurality of playing areas forming a path along which playing pieces can be moved. The playing areas include property areas 11, stock areas 12, foreign currency areas 14, commodity areas 13 and sell areas 15. The apparatus also includes a set of property cards 19, a set of stock cards 20, a set of foreign currency cards 22, a set of commodity cards 21 and a set of sell cards 23. Rules allow a player to acquire an asset if a playing piece lands on one of the areas 11, 12, 13, 14, the asset and the purchase price thereof being determined by selecting a card 19, 20, 21, 22. Rules also require a player to select a sell card 23 if the playing piece lands on a sell area 15 and to sell all assets of a particular type if according to the sell card that particular type of asset has made a loss. If the type of asset has made a gain the player may opt to sell or not. Chance (24), gambling (25) and investment return cards (26) may also be used. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265857-A (GB)
Title: Oil reservoir
Inventor: DAWSON KEITH
IPC: G03G15/20
Filed: 1993-03-19
Abstract: An oil supply device, usually a pad 26 or roller (30), for applying release oil to a fuser roll in a photocopying machine comprises an open-cell melamine foam reservoir (12, 26) capable of operating at temperatures of 200 DEG C, having an oil permeation control layer (14, 15) over the reservoir for controlling the supply of release oil. The oil permeation control layer may be a separate cover wick (20) or may be laminated by a layer (13) of adhesive to the reservoir (26). The device may be oil-fed or prefilled with oil. The oil permeation control layer is preferably a porous PTFE network formed by fusing granular- type PTFE particles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279320-A (GB)
Title: A convolutely wound tapered drum
Inventor: JOHNSON PETER
IPC: B31C7/02
Filed: 1993-06-21
Abstract: A tapered drum 10 is formed from a plurality of convolutely wound, discrete lengths of material, eg kraft paper 20, which are impregnated with adhesive and then wound onto a tapered mandrel (50 Figure 2). Once the tapered drum has been wound, the ends are trimmed with a knife and a portion is severed from the wider end of the drum 10, inverted, positioned over the narrower end of the drum and bonded to the drum side wall 12 to form an anti-locking collar 8. To ensure that the paper 20 is convolutely wound, without crumpling or folding, a pressure roll (52, Figure 2) having a taper corresponding to that of the mandrel is provided to press the impregnated paper 20 against the mandrel. This ensures that the lengths of paper 20 are not skewed while being applied to the mandrel 50. The discrete lengths of paper may be obtained by severing a continuous web of paper (26, Figure 2). The mandrel may be contractable to release the wound drum, and a cover sheet may be wound onto the mandrel prior to winding the lengths of material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2268063-A (GB)
Title: Antimicrobial composition stabilised against discolouration
Inventor: OHSUMI SHUICHI
IPC: C08K3/32
Filed: 1993-06-25
Abstract: An antimicrobial composition containing an inorganic compound on which silver ion is supported is stabilized against discolouration by a compound represented by the following formula [2]:   <IMAGE> wherein R ANGSTROM  is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group and R@ is hydrogen or an alkali metal, and may be employed in coatings. <IMAGE>